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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Plant Genomics Volume 2008, Article ID 793158, 22 pages doi:10.1155/2008/793158 Review Article Soybean Genomics: Developments through the Use of Cultivar “Forrest” David A. Lightfoot Department of Plant Soil and General Agriculture, Center for Excellence, The Illinois Soybean Center, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901-4415, USA Correspondence should be addressed to David A. Lightfoot, ga4082@ Received 25 April 2007; Accepted 26 December 2007 Recommended by P. Gupta Legume crops are particularly important due to their ability to support symbiotic nitrogen fixation, a key to sustainable crop production and reduced carbon emissions. Soybean (Glycine max) has a special position as a major source of increased protein and oil production in the common grass-legume rotation. The cultivar “Forrest” has saved US growers billions of dollars in crop losses due to resistances programmed into the genome. Moreover, since Forrest grows well in the north-south transition zone, breeders have used this cultivar as a bridge between the southern and northern US gene pools. Investment in Forrest genomics resulted in the development of the following research tools: (i) a genetic map, (ii) three RIL populations (96 n 975), (iii) ∼200 NILs, (iv) 115,220 BACs and BIBACs, (v) a physical map, (vi) 4 different minimum tiling path (MTP) sets, (vii) 25,123 BAC end sequences (BESs) that encompass 18.5 Mbp spaced out from the MTPs, and 2 000 microsatellite markers within them (viii) a map of 2,408 regions each found at a single position in the genome and 2104 regions found in 2 or 4 similar copies at different genomic locations (each of 150 kbp), (ix) a map of homoeologous reg